HAWAII: Two prison guards at Kulani Correctional Facility on the Big Island are asking a state judge to halt the state's plan to lay off hundreds of government workers as a way to close a budget deficit. Gerald Kaleiki and Norman Lyman yesterday filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in Circuit Court.

Peter Graves, known for his roles in the 1980 film spoof "Airplane!" and the TV series "Mission: Impossible," has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The 83-year-old actor attended the Los Angeles ceremony yesterday with his wife, Joan, their children and grandchildren.

Crews aboard a fishing boat and a Pacific Whale Foundation vessel plucked three boaters from waters near Länai on Thursday afternoon after they abandoned their burning fishing boat, the Maui News reported.